::Video: Hue Hef – Southern Man
-Soundbomb of the Day: Fall Out Boy + Kanye – This Ain’t a Sceeeennne…
-Some well-deserved buzz on Byron Hurt’s Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes.
-Seeing as DMX has not been arrested for traffic violations for 3 weeks, Busta Rhymes rises to the occasion.
-Edutainment grows in Brooklyn.
-And Paula Zahn won’t tell you this.
-Oliver Wang weighs in on the mind-boggling debate over Obama’s blackness.
Download: Young Buck – The Clean Up Man | Tracklist
Shouldn’t Lebron James be dropping his shabby mix tapes on Roc-a-fella?
Bonus Tape: Redman – Live from the Brick House
::Young Buck – “Get Buck” video
-Four Four zooms in on some fact-checking errors in the otherwise stellar March issue of VIBE.
-Speaking of waxing nostalgic, Noz digs up some oft-overlooked Critical Condition joints.
-Next Level Audiobloggery for Listeners: O-dub compares two softwares that allow Mac and PC users to stream (or download) mp3s from their favorite blogs.
-Need a reason to watch VH1’s Blood Diamonds documentary tonight at 8? Here’s an insider’s take on Bling’d: Blood Diamonds & Hip-Hop.
-Polow da Don: The King of White Girls.
-Enigmatik reviews (well sorta) The Roots’ Houston concert.
As you can see, Cris has been steadily climbing back up the chart lately, thanks to an undeserved win for Best Rap Album at the Wammys.
(4) 11. Akon – Konvicted – 69,751 (1,569,843)
(32) 37. Young Jeezy – The Inspiration – 28,302 (858,445)
(111) 44. Gnarls Barkley – St. Elsewhere – 26,672 (1,232,070)
(65) 48. Ludacris – Release Therapy – 22,867 (1,083,957)
(48) 60. Eminem – Eminem Presents: The Re-Up – 18,639 (873,146)
(53) 62. Nas – Hip-Hop Is Dead – 17,814 (633,803)
(56) 67. Jay-Z – Kingdom Come – 16,144 (1,351,775)
(55) 69. Gym Class Heroes – As Cruel As School Children – 15,935 (160,562)
(54) 70. Birdman & Lil’ Wayne – Like Father Like Son – 15,774 (619,741)
(59) 73. Snoop Dogg – Blue Carpet Treatment – 14,963 (782,147)
(79) 76. Game – Doctor’s Advocate – 13,874 12 (847,441)
(999) 84. JR Writer - Writer’s Block 4 – 12,926 12,965
(86) 86. Bow Wow -Price of Fame – 12,516 (420,522)
(118) 100. Diddy – Press Play – Press Play – 10,797 (531,099)
(152) 137. T.I. KING – 7,565 (1,629,604)
-Kanye’s ego will probably fly through the roof after this.
-Must read: Welcome to the hip-hop woodstock.
-Another facet of blood diamond trade.
-Busta Rhymes ponders plea deal.
Redman – Put It Down (version 2)
Here’s the clean, DJ-less version of that Redman joint I posted last week.
Joell Ortiz ft. Immortal Technique – Modern Day Slavery
Like minds Joel Ortiz and Immortal Technique challenge various conspiracy theories. Perfect Black History Month theme song, and they’re not even black.
Prodigy – 7th Heaven
From the mildly anticipated Return of the Mac.
Nas – Hope (Original version?)
Allegedly the original version of “Hope.” Sure sounds better than that a capella drop on Hip-Hop Is Dead.
Bonus ‘Bites:
Young Chris ft. Freeway & M.O.P. – Original Gangstas
Saigon ft. B.G. & The Game – Pain In My Life (Bloodstains) Rmx
K-Starks – Still Fresh
[Thanks to Cicana.com, Enigmatik, Young Legend, and all the mp3 heads who sent me links over the weekend.]
::Top 10 Rap Releases for March
-Black History Month special: Tavis Smiley examines different representations of hip-hop.
-Hip-Hop acts on TV this week.
-Crimes behind the rhymes: Hip-hop’s institutionalized messages of violence, misogyny and homophobia.
-Mixtape Monday: Redman talks about his upcoming album; Young Buck finds 50/Cam feud funny; Busta weighs in on the now forgotten 50/Game beef.
-Hip-hop biz news in cartoon form?
